Afromicrodon

Afromicrodon is an African genus of hoverflies. The species of the genus Afromicrodon were previously and erroneously placed in the genus Ceratophya.[1]

Afromicrodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Afromicrodon
Thompson, 2008[1]
Type species
Microdon johannae
van Doesburg, 1957

Afromicrodon species are recognized among the Microdontinae by them lacking an appendix on vein R4+5, having short antennae about as long as the face or shorter, and a simple basoflagellomere and simple scutellum without calcar. The abdomen is oval.[1]

Distribution

All currently known species are restricted to Madagascar and the Comoros Islands.

Species
  • Afromicrodon comoroensis (De Meyer, De Bruyn & Janssons, 1990) originally placed in genus Ceratophya[1]
  • Afromicrodon johannae (van Doesburg, 1957) originally placed in genus Microdon[1]
  • Afromicrodon luciferus (Hull, 1941) originally placed in genus Microdon[2]
  • Afromicrodon madecassa (Keiser, 1971) originally placed in genus Ceratophya[1]
  • Afromicrodon stuckenbergi (Keiser, 1971) originally placed in genus Ceratophya[1]

References
  1. Cheng, Xin-Yue; Thompson, F. Christian (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1879: 21–48. ISSN 1175-5334.
  2. Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys. 288: 1–213. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.
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